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For A Better Union

For A Better Union from directly overhead

For A Better Union is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Captain Dermody Triangle, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.75578, -73.76449
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Captain Dermody Triangle: 0.0 mi
  • Marie Curie Park: 0.4 mi
  • Oakland Lake Wildflower Meadow: 0.5 mi
  • Linnaeus Park: 0.7 mi
  • Tall Oak Playground: 0.8 mi
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 5.4 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 6.4 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens
  • Mitchel Wallace Triangle: 0.3 mi
  • Cloverdale Gardens at Bayside: 0.7 mi
  • House Beautiful: 0.9 mi
  • The Estates at Bayside: 0.9 mi
  • Windsor Oaks: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Queens High Point: 2.4 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 7.2 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Janes Hill: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 56
  • Welcome Center: 3.0 mi
  • Circle Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 3.3 mi
  • Unity Garden: 3.3 mi
Historic sites: 55
Artworks
  • Turtle Statue: 1.0 mi
  • Dog: 1.2 mi
  • Reclaimed Habitat: 1.3 mi
  • Seal: 2.3 mi
  • Wood Pile: 2.3 mi
Picnic sites: 38
  • Picnic Area D: 7.6 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Loch: 10.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of For A Better Union. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW208 m22.0 mi
Reynolds HillN180 m24.2 mi
Round HillN172 m24.5 mi
Cooney HillN170 m23.9 mi
Kennelwood HillN156 m21.5 mi
Kykuit HillN147 m23.4 mi
Beaver HillN140 m21.8 mi
Hackley HillNNW140 m22.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546473797871604940
Precip in3.22.94.03.83.64.04.34.43.93.83.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7882228402

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